Lucis Creator optime (third option)
At our monthly OF Latin chant Mass my schola usually sings a Latin hymn after communion. Often the hymn chosen is quite familiar though occasionally we program a vespers hymn most in the schola, not to...
View ArticleMaking an English "Les Heures Gregoriennes"
Hello all,I'm looking at compiling a Latin/English side by side version of Les Heures Gregoriennes, or something of that ilk (I may start with just Lauds and Vespers), and I have the possibility of a...
View ArticleCompline hymn tone for Immaculate Conception 1962 Liber Usualis
Very off topic, but hoping someone has a quick answer.My 1962 Liber Usualis with English rubrics tells me that the hymn Tone for Advent is used..."even on Feasts. But on the Feast of the Immaculate...
View ArticleNew Website, gregorian-chant-hymns
A few very good friends have been working on this for some time,http://gregorian-chant-hymns.com
View ArticleAre there antiphons for the Way of the Cross?
Cantus Selecti has antiphons for the Rosary, which I really love and use. Are there any antiphons for the Way (Stations) of the Cross?
View ArticleGABC - Gloria Patri - Psalm Tones for Introit & Communion Propers
Does anyone have full Psalm tone GABC files for the Gloria Patri for Introit and Communion Propers for all the modes?Thanks
View ArticleLooking for the sheet music for "Deum Verum" by St Stephen of Liege
Hello there,Does anyone know of where I can find a PDF of the music for "Deum Verum" by St Stephen of Liege. It is a for the Feast of the Trinity. Very beautiful.Thank you very much, and God Bless!
View ArticlePater Noster in Modern Notation
Could anyone please point me in the direction of a "clean" pdf copy of the Pater noster in modern notation?With thanks--
View ArticleUpdated Holy Week congregation booklets (E.F.)
Updated here are my congregation booklets for the Holy Week ceremonies, extraordinary form. Some small corrections, but the main additions are the Complines for Holy Thursday and Good Friday evenings...
View ArticleLooking for the Easter sequence.
Hi ll, can anyone help me? I am looking for the Official Icel translation of the Easter season set tot he traditional gregorian melody, preferably in neumes but I will take it in modern if you have it....
View ArticleUbi Caritas chant-Looking for SATB harmonization
I seem to recall coming across a beautiful SATB harmonization of the Ubi Caritas chant awhile back, but I'm coming up empty . . . what are my options, dear colleagues?Not looking to do the Durufle this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Easter Alleluia
So, I'm just curious, and forgive me if this has already been covered in another thread...How did we get from this (Dom Pothier, so.. Solesmes?) in 1883:To this from Solesmes in 1903:To this Solesmes...
View ArticlePassion of St. John chants, 1962 Missal
The text is from Good Friday in the 1962 Missale Romanum, and the layout is in the style of the 3-volume Cantus Passionis, with a volume for each deacon of the Passion. The turba parts, which may be...
View ArticleTriduum Vespers without chant
Just curious: If you celebrate/plan/attend/... EF Vespers in the Triduum, are/were they chanted or not?Rubrics of the breviary say that the Vespers ought to be said "sine cantu", but the 1912...
View ArticleSimplified Graduale for the 1962 Missal
Here is a wonderful creation by Richard Rice. He has simplified the major propers between the readings, making them easier to sing while retaining crucial features of the authentic chants, such as the...
View ArticlePDF: Holy Week Mass and Offices
Here is an additional chant book for Holy Week. The 1961 Ordo Hebdomadae Sanctae juxta Ritum Monasticum is a fairly uncommon book that presents full offices and Masses for Holy Week according to...
View ArticleNeed access to a Nocturnale Romanum
I need to put together a program for a nocturnal Eucharistic vigil that includes the office of sung Matins (Sunday). I haven't been able to find the chants of Matins online. Does anyone have a...
View ArticleLearning to sight-sing chant Propers and Realistic Expectations and Tips for...
I joined our EF choir about 6-7 months ago under the impression that, being a woman, I wouldn't have to worry about singing the chant Propers, since I was under the impression that women, generally...
View ArticleChants Abrégés and its sources
In the 2008 Sacred Music Journal, Vol. 135, No. 4 Fr. Robert Skeris writes:The most difficult chants in the Graduale have always been a particular challenge for even the average parish choir, in any...
View Article